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Chanda observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Mohammad Bazar mandal is Temple and Rasmancha (Damodar Temple). No temple of this dedication is on record within Chanda itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Chanda is a village in Mohammad Bazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, located at coordinates 23.966°N, 87.615°E with PIN code 731127. The village has a population of 1,920 across 383 households with a literacy rate of 39.4%.
By population, Chanda ranks #26 of 158 villages in Mohammad Bazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chanda हे पश्चिम बंगालच्या बीरभूम जिल्ह्यातील Mohammad Bazar ब्लॉकमधील 1,920 लोकसंख्येचे 383 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Mohammad Bazar ब्लॉकमधील 158 गावांत 26वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 39% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 56% पेक्षा 17 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 994 स्त्रिया. हे बीरभूम जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 11 किमी, जवळचे शहर Mayureswarपासून 15 किमी, Kunuri रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 6 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 731127 आहे, Md.Bazar पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 316751 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Puranagram Hospital, 4 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच HASNEHANA BIBI आहेत; गाव Sainthia विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Krishna Kanta Saha. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 2,264, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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| गाव | लोकसंख्या | साक्षरता | अंतर |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chanda · हे गाव | 1,920 | 39% | — |
| Asenga · Mohammad Bazar | 369 | 48% | 0.2 किमी E |
| Asenga · Roing Hq | 226 | 30% | 0.2 किमी E |
| Gournagar · Mohammad Bazar | 519 | 70% | 0.6 किमी E |
| Gournagar · Balagarh | 387 | 66% | 0.6 किमी E |
| Mirpur · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 1,334 | 51% | 0.9 किमी W |
| Komarpur · Mohammad Bazar | 2,919 | 65% | 0.9 किमी W |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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